Outside the Lines Ratings

ESPN’s coverage of The Open Golf Championship second round from St. Andrews led a slow cable sports day with an average of 1.77 million viewers at any minute from 7:03am to 5:17pm ET. A four-hour “best of round 2” package from 7-11p averaged 759,000 viewers. On Spike, Bellator MMA averaged 722,000 viewers from 9:00pm to 11:51pm. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Friday July 17, 2015: This is sorted from most-watched to least-watched….

ESPN’s coverage of The Open Golf Championship from St. Andrews led an otherwise very slow day in the sports world. Things were so slow for Fox Sports 1 that an encore of Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night on Fox Sports 2 out-rated anything on the Fox Sports 1. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Thursday July 16, 2015: Program Net Episode Start End Viewers (000) 18-49 Rtg GOLF: OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP L ESPN 1ST ROUND…

Not in the table below but, UniMás/Univision Deportes combined viewership for last night’s Gold Cup matches: Canada/Costa Rica: 1.153M Jamaica/El Salvador: 814K Cable Sports TV Ratings for Tuesday July 14, 2015: This is sorted from most-watched to least-watched. Using your browser’s search tool (usually CTRL/CMD+F) might be the faster way to go if you’re looking for something specific. Note to readers using mobile phones: on most phones the table is probably easier…

The SportsCenter at 1:47p ET that followed nearly six hours of Wimbledon coverage averaged 1.342 million viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating to lead cable sports viewership on Tuesday. The Wimbledon coverage itself averaged 1.037 million viewers over the five hours and forty-seven minutes. ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption averaged 1.074 million viewers and a 0.5 adults 18-49 rating. The CONCACAF Gold Cup match between the United States and Honduras averaged…

ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption led a slow summer Tuesday of cable sports programming with an average of 835,000 viewers and a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating. Nine and a half hours of tennis coverage from Wimbledon on ESPN averaged 551,000 viewers. Cable Sports TV Ratings for Tuesday June 30, 2015: This is sorted from most-watched to least-watched. Using your browser’s search tool (usually CTRL/CMD+F) might be the faster way to go if…

Virginia won the second game of the College World Series to force a third and final game with Vanderbilt and game two averaged 1.332 million viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating to lead cable sports programming for the day. ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption averaged viewers 974,000 and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating. Around the Horn averaged 604,000 viewers and Highly Questionable averaged 462,000 viewers. The Japan-Netherlands Women’s World Cup match…

A nearly three-hour version of SportsCenter that included the postgame coverage of The NBA Finals averaged 1.292 million viewers and a 0.6 adults 18-49 rating to lead cable sports network programming on Tuesday. ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption averaged 886,000 viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating. Around the Horn averaged 606,000 viewers and Highly Questionable averaged 480,000 viewers. The Vanderbilt-TCU College World Series game on ESPN in primetime averaged 793,000…